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On a recent trip to the hardware store, I asked the young staff member to help me find some sheet metal screws. The shelves/boxes had pictures on them but this poor kid didn?t know what he was looking for.
(originally posted by @swanui16 on 2019-07-09 07:44:12)
katalavenoligoellenika
I have never heard of Chicago Screws being called "sex bolts"...
dekket
I'm partial to the Robertson.
AliantPL
Screw you
papamoose
Do you even McMaster-Carr? https://www.mcmaster.com/
mcbotulism
Hey baby, wanna see my sex bolt?
himashapa
Favorite and forget ...
AndrewCanadian
Slotted! Not "Flat head".
mbox
All household electrical equipment has slotted compatible fasteners, those guys can to everything with one screwdriver.
tgeliot
Except that it's missing square drive (ubiquitous in Canada, apparently) and still has crappy slotted screws.
Buy1Get1Free
Best free fastner info in pdf format: https://www.boltdepot.com/fastener-information/printable-tools/default.aspx
Skyhawk360
The only people who know anything about that aisle are the ones trained in the department. If you grab any random employee walking by, 1/2
Skyhawk360
They will NOT know shit about it. Source: I work at Home Depot. Also that chart would be a godsend so I'm keeping this marked
bassoon713
Once had an employee forcibly offer his help when I knew what I was looking for. Had the screw from home in my hand (lost the other...
bassoon713
...one). Dude was convinced I was wrong. Smiled and walked away and returned when he left the aisle.
Blacink
...into the favorite folder you go
AndrewCase
Can relate. I was in a big box store the other day looking for some 1/2 inch pan head wood screws. Several workers have no idea what (1/)
AndrewCase
I was talking about and kept pointing out the drywall screws or other types of screws. Took me almost 2 hours to find what I was looking for
WellWhatTheHeck
heh - nut types
retroman688
Sex bolts.
TheSemanticsDome
Callynd
I get it man, but you have to pay the employees a decent wage to have them know even half of this. HD won't even pay to train them.
superfeathers
You assume the average person who goes to home Depot would actually read this
MarkOfTheCovenant
Where my torx drive fam at?? Fuck phillips and hella fuck slotted
thekeyofe
Seriously. I wish that square and torx were more popular, because they're basically impossible to strip compared to phillips and hex.
ill4elements
Every ACE hardware store does. Home depot is the worst for these things.
rezardus
You screwed up by not adding tags
CrossBetween
The ”one way” drive type boggles me
edalton454
What, you've never been in a public toilet?
LurkMasterP
There must have been an awful lot of restroom stall thefts before they figured those out.
edalton454
I know, right? I'm sitting there thinking...who wants to steal a shitter door?
GoodGuyGonzo
CrossBetween
Thank you! Makes a lot more sense now.
NunyaBizness
iGotFOLDERS
theshadowlander
And of course it omits Robertson...
mbox
Robertson is an improvement but torx is far better
Asmor
My understanding is the Robinson never gained traction in the US because of patent licensing issues, and Phillips became de facto standard.
SomeoneTookMyUsernameToo
Drive types -chart, bottom row, in the middle.
theshadowlander
I stand corrected!
HowAmISupposedToFindANameThatIsntTaken
No Pozi drive? The better version of Phillips.
Ioncethoughtthat
The MUCH better Phillips.
Addman0
That everyone always ends up ruining by using a normal Phillips driver
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
I was surprised by the lack of inclusion because it's the only drive shape where you can fuck up and use the wrong one if you don't know.
MisterSin
I'm going to favorite this because I'm tired of every bolt head in a hardware store looking at me like I'm a nut for asking about screws.
idontknowhowtoimgurverywell
I have a love for fasteners and I often am asked if I work at the store. partner says it’s bc ppl are hoping I do. I usually do help them bc
idontknowhowtoimgurverywell
Otherwise they’re subject to the dummies who ACTUALLY work there.
idontknowhowtoimgurverywell
It’s satisfying to me to teach people how to use the screw size/pitch finders on display to solve their own issues.
SanguineMyBrother
Obligatory: What kind of screws?
MechKelly
Nicely done
anotherbadday
IamRodHull
I'm a big fan of torx.
Betterbun
Pentalobe is difficult tho
TheDashingRogue
Superior in every way, never stripped one
FeloniousMonk13
Hey that chart is missing an important type of nut... DEES NUTS!! lmao gottem
HeyOhBotchedToe
Noice.
BleachItsWhatsForDinner
2002 thanks you
ireplysometimes
Hehe. SelfdrillingSMS.
detour512
A little self tap tap tap-ah-rooo...
AnalPoptarts
I thought the same thing fellow degenerate
bikergeek6249
Wolfmom2020
Danke!
papayaparty
Gotta love that DIN 899, Mickey Mouse cork opener.
JustContrary
Ever own a German car? You would think these were real and each require a 'special' tool. And is specific to that year and model. SMH.
bikergeek6249
Two Volkswagens and a BMW.
papayaparty
Wtf. Is that Satan's bolt collection?
eathotdog
And they say Germans don't have a sense of humor
TanzanianGermanGuy
Deine Mutter!
weaselodoom
They do, its just no laughing matter.
IPlayWithFire
DIN 910 bottom left is real. personally seen them used in door handle hardware kits
SirChadwellHeath
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/qMUAAOSwIqxcNhPH/s-l1600.jpg not seen them with a hex head
Billy2sweet
Why?
mornstalk
So it can suit different door thickness by cutting from correct lenght
IPlayWithFire
Bingo
TobiFuenke
Ehehehe... Sex Bolts...
westPAguy
Stripper bolts. lol
ChodeStool
Used were head is desired
BottomShelfVodka
I won't like the comment because it has 69 likes. Nice.
TobiFuenke
Nice
CatatonicCowMoo
And mating screws
thatonetimefrombandcamp
SpikeWolfwood
Why was there a wet thud?
Rafale25
Ehehe
Serenitis
MisterDaijoubu
Who else went back up to the chart to find this...?
K99H44
Mangekyou screws
Heavyoak
And most video game machines
kli0pOOO23
i can open that with my spoon lol
psugab
And Nintendo Wii
bobtheaxolotl
They go back much earlier than the Wii. And not quite this kind of tri-wing.
BarakEarlofTrellheim
If you turn a Phillips head 45 degrees, it's a X-Wing
notanevilgenius
There's a mess of different "security" drive styles missing from this chart.
msawers
Sharingun!
Rosfmmmhzdrozzley
What are the heads that are just a straight up triangle? I have the drill bits in my kit but have never seen a screw like that
westPAguy
McDonalds toys use them. IDK about anything else.
ErkTheJrk
Campfire Audio uses those on their iem's
lronMaiden
TorqSet seems to be the choice of the decade in aviation now days.
eathotdog
ThatBatmanFappingGIF
Who the fuck though that was a good idea that'll burrow straight through
eathotdog
You almost always have to hammer it in to get it to seat and not strip the bolt.
Rauca
And GBA
BerserkerFIN
I fixed an electric car charger that had those fuckers on it.
wekilledbambi03
Everything Nintendo.
jollyca
F*ck those! I have a power cord extension that I wanted to take apart and it's using these f@ckers.
Willifisk
Some scissors are triangular on the pointy end. I have been lucky with a pair once or twice, worth checking out.
ImOPsMom
You know you can say "fuck" on the internet yea?
rabbithlon
Oh fuck!
NotGreatButOKBoomer
Don't listen to him. Just say mkay.
Kabibble
Are you sh*tting me?!
ProThespian
MrHerpertDerpington
But why?
PraiseTheMachineGod
Do discourage people to repair the shit by themselves.
Variadicism
This is definitely a tactic of many mechanical industries. I really hate it.
TheRealGeorgeMcfly
To keep the casuals from fucking with shit
jimmyman999000
This only encourages me to fuck with it
NauticalDisaster
I feel pretty confident that I can hammer a flat head screwdriver into that
SarcasticComment
Like the special bolts they use on those Big Boy statues. Too many were stolen, now they are bolted down unconventionally.
aCartoonMonster
I guarantee I can still hammer a flathead in there and fuck some shit up.
NomadGray
But not quietly. Youll make enough noise that someone will come by and stop your fuckery
aCartoonMonster
There two ways to be left alone. One way is like a mouse the other is like a bull.
TheRealGeorgeMcfly
#Thatswhatshesaid
emberfish
Party this you fucking casual. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw_extractor
emberfish
Parry*. Autocorrect has ruined my hilarious joke.
MrHerpertDerpington
That won't stop me from casual shit-fucking!
Astramancer
What about competitive ranked shit-fucking?
MrHerpertDerpington
You mean the US government?
Hobnobble
It's all for shits and giggles until somebody giggles and shits.
ThoughtsAndBeers
theshadowlander
And of course... the superior Robertson
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
Square drive's on the chart.
theshadowlander
Your point?
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
Personally I'm a fan of the wood screw points that are cut to help bite in.
ethnicnebraskan
I think I've "made" a few hybrids by mistake in my day.
bobtheaxolotl
We're not here to talk about your weirdo half goat offspring.
causamortis1
The hybrid. Aka, "The ah fuck, you've done it again, haven't you."
mystagenameiscookiesecrets
I've always been a Robertson guy but lately I'm leaning towards Torx.
Szj2
Yeah, probably damn near impossible to strip the head on a torx screw. I just used prob 400 of them to rebuild a deck.That was easiest part
Betterbun
Cheap torx drivers break too easily
TheInitiated
I have yet to see a busted torx head
theshadowlander
I like torque too but not as practical as flat, Phillips and Robertson.
StellarJay77
Fuck slotted heads, cannot be one hand driven or used in impact drill applications unless you get them perfectly centered.
theshadowlander
O I agree!